Thursday 31 May 2012

A huge turnout of 26 Northampton Road Runners decended on East Carlton Country Park for the Corby Five on Wednesday 30th May.

There were some fine performances which included a 20th place overall finish for Danson Njoka who was only seconds off breaking 30 minutes in 30:08.  Rosanna Andrews was also first F20 in 32:09 and Carrick Baldwin flew the flag for the male juniors finishing second M20 in 33:24.  Jocelyn Granger also scooped the first F50 placing in 39:45.

Tony Letts continued his brilliant form finishing in 30:35 and Nic Radoslav made a welcome return to the club with a respectable 33:25 time.  Ever present in the EMGP this year, Peter Moor enjoyed a good run in 34:11 finishing just ahead of John Fleming 34:33.  Adrian Tuck completed his first race of the year in 34:59 and Ronnie Ambrose finished in 35:54 just ahead of Richard Franks in 36:01.

Martin Andrews was next to finish in 37:20 just before Charlotte Yarker who had a good run in 37:31.  Penny Andrews crossed the line in 38:19 followed by Rob Donovan in 38:25 and Dave Blackburn in 39:25.

The claret and yellow stripes continued to flow across the line with Andrew Pate (41:17), Jo Lee (41:21) and Suzanne Baldwin (42:39) all next to finish.  Darren Byfield (43:03) and Dave Knowley (43:38) were close behind followed by a welcome return from injury by Wendy Parker who was bang on 44 minutes.  Jo Cummings (46:13), Kirsty Turner (48:47), Helen Blackburn (50:01) and Richard Rose (50:29) all beat the thunder storms to complete a great line up.


20 Danson Njoka 30:08
25 Tony Letts 30:35
49 Rosanna Andrews 32:09 - 1st F20
60 Carrick Baldwin 33:24 - 2nd M20
61 Nic Radoslav 33:25
76 Peter Moor 34:11
85 John Fleming 34:33
98 Adrian Tuck 34:59
119 Ronnie Ambrose 35:54
123 Richard Franks 36:01
137 Martin Andrews 37:20
139 Charlotte Yarker 37:31
157 Penny Andrews 38:19
160 Rob Donovan 38:25
177 Dave Blackburn 39:25
182 Jocelyn Granger F50 39:45 - 1st F50
205 Andrew Pate 41:17
207 Jo Lee 41:21
221 Suzanne Baldwin 42:39
225 Darren Byfield 43:03
231 Dave Knowley 43:38
235 Wendy Parker 44:00
254 Jo Cummings 46:13
268 Kirsty Turner 48:47
274 Helen Blackburn 50:01
275 Richard Rose 50:29

Monday 28 May 2012

Bedford 6 Results


Round three of the East Midlands Grand Prix saw 13 Northampton Road Runners make the short trip to Bedford for the flat six mile outing.

Danson Njoka continued his great form finishing 16th overall in 35:40 and Rosanna Andrews carried on flying with a 38:18 finish.

Peter Moor is racing regularly and would have been pleased to record 41:39.  John Fleming was next to cross the line in 43:09 ahead of Darren Baldwin in 44:13 and Tom Sullivan in 44:32.

Rob Donovan was next home in 45:33 ahead of Penny Andrews (46:44) who was seconds ahead of Martin Andrews in 46:53.

Suzanne Baldwin enjoyed a good time of 50:35 and Jo Lee 51:19.  Jo Cummings was next to finish ahead of 55:19 and Richard Rose completed the round up in 60:22.

16th Danson Njoka 35:40
47th Rosanna Andrews 38:18
104th Peter Moor 41:39
124th John Fleming 43:09
144th Darren Baldwin 44:13
148th Tom Sullivan 44:32
162th Rob Donovan 45:33
185th Penny Andrews 46:44
190th Martin Andrews 46:53
239th Suzanne Baldwin 50:35
248th Jo Lee 51:19
283rd Jo Cummings 55:19
306th Richard Rose 60:22

Park Run Results from Saturday 26th May.

4. Mark GARRETT 19:26
5. Radoslav NIC 19:36
9. Andrew THOMAS 20:09
13. Peter Moor
 20:41
29. Tom SULLIVAN 22:29
77. Pauline HORNE 30:37

Monday 21 May 2012

The Young Uns Flying at Rugby

The Rugby 6 belonged to two teenagers as Rosanna Andrews was first F20 (39:28) and Carrick Baldwin finished second M20 (40:17) to scoop the plaudits for NRR.

Peter Moor enjoyed a good run in 41:08 finishing ten seconds ahead of John Fleming in 41:18.  Son beat father as Darren Baldwin was around three minutes behind Carrick in 43:04.

Charlotte Yarker continues to go from strength to strength crossing the line in 44:13 just ahead of Martin Andrews in 45:07 and Rob Donovan in 45:24.  Tom Sullivan was also close by in 45:40 and Andrew Pate broke 50 minutes in 49:33.

Suzanne Baldwin was next to come home in 50:19 ahead of Jo Cummings in 55:33, Ann Dickson in 56:21 and Kirsty Turner in 56:55.  Richard Rose capped a fine turnout in 59:11.

51 Rosanna Andrews 39:28 1st F20
71 Carrick Baldwin 40:17 2nd M20
88 Peter Moor 41:08
91 John Fleming 41:18
121 Darren Baldwin 43:04
138 Charlotte Yarker 44:13
155 Martin Andrews 45:07
159 Robert Donovan 45:24
164 Tom Sullivan 45:40
223 Andrew Pate 49:33
230 Suzanne Baldwin 50:19
259 Jo Cummings 55:33
265 Ann Dickson 56:21
267 Kirsty Turner 56:55
278 Richard Rose 59:11

Monday 14 May 2012

A Whole New World Of Pain...

Mark Garrett completed the Starnage Challenge on Sunday 6th May.  A 25 mile killer in the Peak District with no markings just a map, compass and instructions to navigate miles of moor/bog/broken tracks. Good views though and a nice stew at finish.  He made the top 10 in 4:55 hrs. (winner took 4:25 hrs)

Sunday 13 May 2012

Park Running

It's finally landed! The Northampton Parkrun is here!

The first event kicked off at the Racecourse on Saturday 5th May and five NRR runners completed the course.  Jo Lee, Elaine Palmer and Martin Andrews are also heavily involved in the organisation of the Park Run which is to be held every Saturday morning at 9am and is free.  Please do your best to support the event by running it and occasionally marshaling when you can.

Results for Parkrun 5th May Peter Moor 20:32
Martin Andrews 21:07
Tom Sullivan 22:43
Charlotte Yarker 24:41(even with a late start)
Debbie Holmes 24:43

Results from Parkrun 12th May
2nd Andy BLAIZE 19:03
4th Mark GARRETT 19:20
7th Peter MOOR 19:37
8th Mark KENNEDY 19:38
 

EMGP Begins At Silverstone

The East Midlands Grand Prix Series kicked off with the traditional curtain raiser at Silverstone Circuit.  High winds and drizzle greeted the 1,100 strong field.
Northampton Road Runners fielded a strong team and club runner of the year Tony Letts finished 57th overall in 37:41.  Andy Blaize was next to finish in 38:37 just ahead of star lady for the day, Rosanna Andrews who was 1st F20 in 40:50

Peter Moore was next to cross the line in 42:17 but actually finished behing Mark Kennedy who's chip time was 42:11.  Steve Prior recorded exactly 43:00 and Charlotte Yarker was close by in 45:33 just ahead of Darren Baldwin in 45:58.  EMGP regular Tom Sullivan was pleased with a 46:24 and Jim Anderson picked up an injury part way round but still managed a 51:54 finish. 

Suzanne Baldwin was next to arrive in the pit lane in 52:57 ahead of Jo Cummings in 54:36 and Ann Dickson in 56:50.

F1 Fan Glen Cousner was an guest member of the club for the evening and finished in 61:21 with Kirsty Turner (62:30) and Richard Rose (64:08) completing the line up.


Results (1st lap in brackets)
57 Tony Letts 37:41 (18:45)
86 Andy Blaize 38:37 (19:05)
154 Rosanna Andrews 40:50 (20:08) 1st F20
204 Mark Kennedy 42:11 (20:31)
206 Peter Moore 42:17 (20:40)
236 Steve Prior M45 43:00 (21:29)
344 Charlotte Yarker FS 45:33 (22:07)
372 Darren Baldwin 45:58 (23:11)
391 Tom Sullivan 46:24 (23:02)
659 Jim Anderson 51:54 (24:39)
700 Suzanne Baldwin 52:57 (26:33)
762 Jo Cummings 54:36 (27:16)
837 Ann Dickson 56:50 (27:45)
976 Glen Cousner 61:21 (30:22)
984 Kirsty Turner 62:30 (31:15)
1018 Richard Rose 64:08 (30:49)
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Overall Team Result (4 to score)
(From 47 teams)
16th  Northampton Road Runners 500pts

Mens Team
(From 35 teams)
15 Northampton Road Runners 161:18


EMGP Women's Team (3 to score)
(From 21 teams)
9 Northampton Road Runners 139:43

Thursday 10 May 2012

NRR Awards & AGM


2012 AGM and Presentation Night


Record numbers descended on the Moulton WMC last night following the traditional field time trial run (although it was a little muddier this year). The two Mark’s were on hand to present a glitzy ceremony to review the year and recognise those who have made NRR a success over the past year.

Review of Past Year

We recognised those who have participated in various races locally and nationally and are pleased that even more members are taking part in events. Thank you to everyone who took part in the Cross Country and helped make the Moulton 10K a success.

Marathon Report

Well done to those who completed not only London this year but other marathons including Paris, Brighton, Milton Keynes, Rutland Water, Delapre, Edinburgh and a special mention to Ruth Court who did Paris and Brighton in back to back weeks. Recognition also goes to Wendy Parker, Jim Anderson John Fleming, Martin Andrews, Jocelyn Granger, Peter Moor and Mary Davies for making their debuts at the 26.2.

Loads of achievements over year

There are lots of new faces and great numbers taking part in races both locally and around the country. Well done to Keren, Charlotte, Emily, Ann, Miles, Adrian, Suzanne and Darren for completing their first half marathons. We also have had lots of new faces joining regulars at GP’s and X-C’s Kirsty, Nicky and Matt

Special mentions

Go to Mick Clarke and Sue The Cake for being inspirations for all. Colin Bricher for 50 yrs of competing and wish him well in recovery. Elaine Palmer for her efforts with website. Plus those who have suffered serious injury and we haven’t seen lately, Matt Brand, Martin Baker, Sean Silver and Geoff. Finally thanks to Alan Hackett for his many years of looking after us.

Looking ahead for the coming year

All these dates will be on our new look calendar on the NRR website

Races

The Park Run starts on 5th May at the Racecourse – it’s free to enter

Grand Prix Series starts 9th May at Silverstone

Colworth Weekend is 22nd – 24th June and has free camping facilities plus family fun

Adderbury Half and 10k – we’re running a bus to this low key friendly race on 14th July

Sywell BBQ on 18th July

Our very own Moulton 10k is on 26th Aug

Media – we continue to be strong in the media with regular features in the Chron (hopefully these will continue when the paper goes weekly) plus the website has a couple of new features including the Calendar page. Don’t forget to join us on Facebook & follow the blog (all links are via www.northamptonroadrunners.co.uk).

New Kit Hoodies + T shirts

They look great, get your orders in now. T-shits - £10 and Hoodies £15.

Trophy Presentations

Most Improved Female

We are always delighted to recognise a wide ability of runners at NRR and this is always our favourite part of the evening.

Runners Up

Keren Irving – regular at the Cross Countries and completed her 1st Half Marathon - Bedford

Wendy Parker - improved times steadily over the year and completed her 1st Marathon at Rutland

Suzanne Baldwin – always keen to enter races and likes the more obscure events such as Colworth, The Grizzly (which were her first 20 miler and The Ridgeway.

Kirsty Turner – regular at the cross countries and pretty much always at club runs

Charlotte Yarker – always enters loads of races and a regular at cross countries. Did the GNR and was 9th Senior Lady EMGP. Also did the RNLI Reindeer Run with flashing antlers and was 3rd lady.

Jo Cummings - cross country and grand prix regular who also did a PB at the Cransley 10K

Winner Jocelyn Granger

Jocelyn is a committed and dedicated member of the club who has completed 18 races across the UK all proudly wearing her club vest. She gained a Half Marathon PB and has become an off road specialist. She was 1st Lady at Delapre & Stopsley XCs and had a storming run at the Grizzly. Jocelyn also began training for London Marathon and gained her place 10 days before the event finishing in a time of 4:12. In fact, such is Jocelyn’s keenness, she was actually more excited by entering the London Ballot than the delivery of her new car

Most Improved Male

Runners Up

Rob Donovan – A regular at the cross countries and completed the MK Marathon in 4:02. Had a great run at Oakley in 2:49 and competed the MK Half 1:42 and Dirt Half 1:46. Also ran the Edinburgh Marathon in a PB of 3:5.

Jim Anderson – An astonishing 19 races completed including three marathons in twelve months – London & Rutland (plus Shakespeare last year).

Mark Nightingale – continues to impress with a London Marathon time of 3:13, Oakley 2:19, Grizzly 3:12, Bedford Half 1:28 and also a regular cross countries runner.

Tony Kennedy – Extremely involved this year and has been keen with events like The Ridgeway, Cransley Half, Weedon 10K and the Cross Countries.

Martin Andrews – Made his Marathon debut at MK in 4:27 and did loads of other events including Oakley, Silverstone & Bedford Halfs, Belvoir, Charnwood and the cross countries

Winner John Fleming

John has come on leaps and bounds and debuted at London in a fabulous time of 3:43 whilst raising loads for charity. He drove 200 miles to the Grizzly, did it in 3:36 and then drove home (which deserve a medal in itself). Loves the off road events including Irchester, Seagrave and features at all the cross countries.

Committee Trophy

The Committee Trophy is an award that goes to a person who brings something else to the club. It doesn’t have to be performance or great race times, it can be fun, passion, humour or anything else really.

This year’s award went to a couple who have all the above and do record some pretty decent times as well. For their join in take on why not attitude, as well as always smiling and bringing a feel good factor to the club, the award went to SUZANNE AND DARREN BALDWIN

Female Club Runner of the Year            

Winner Wendy Parker

Wendy’s progress was incredible over the year as she took on so many challenging events. She knocked almost 30 minutes off her half marathon PB going from 2:12 at Otmoor to 1:46 at the Great North Run. Wendy also completed her first Marathon at Rutland and was 2nd lady Delapre & Stopsley Cross Countries. She also completed off road events including Race the Train, The Belvoir Challenge & The Grizzly and despite taking a tumble in the latter two, she still finished.

Male Club Runner

Lots of contenders for this one including Lynton “The Ironman” Dawson, Mark Garrett, Mark Kennedy, Mark Nightingale and Andy “The Comeback King” Blaize.

Winner Tony Letts

Tony has had a fantastic year of results in Grand Prix Series and recorded our best ever X-C results plus he had great runs in build up to London culminating in London Marathon.

Chairman’s Report

Alan gave a great report to close the evening and thanks the committee for their work over the year and the members for making Northampton Road Runners such a great and friendly club. He also presented Dave Soloman with a token after he had to withdraw at the last minute of the London Marathon due to illness

Chairman’s Trophy Award went to Jim Anderson for his work in organising the Christmas party and being a part of so many events, he entered 19 in total.

Special thanks also go to Nicki MacKay for providing sports massage vouchers as prizes to all our winners.

Tuesday 1 May 2012

MK Marathon

The long winter dry spell ended as the sun failed to shine on the inaugural MK marathon. It was supposed to be a road race but instead featured water crossings, diversions around large puddles / small lakes and more mud than this seasons cross country could provide.

Three runners braved the conditions and they might have been better prepared if they had spent the winter training in the swimming pool. Tony Letts led the pack home in a time 3:08:08, followed by Rob Donovan in 4:02:41 and Martin Andrews in 4:27:08.
 
For the ladies, Jasmine Banks cracked four and a half hours with a 4:29:28 finish and Inge Flowers came home in an impressive 4:49:48.
 
Well done everyone.

Tony Letts 3:08:22
Rob Donovan 4:02:41
Martin Andrews 4:27:08 1st marathon (probably last as well)
Jasmine Banks 4:29:28
Inge Flowers 4:49:48